Wednesday 12/03/2025
Joanne had other commitments and couldn’t lead what has become a customary Wednesday hike, so I took a solitary walk on my usual route. Then at 11 I “attended” a zoom webinar on Auracast, the bluetooth standard extension to allow broadcast of audio in public spaces. (I wrote about it back last month, 6.344.) The panel of experts backed up what I had picked up for myself: someday this will be common and widespread, because it is easier and much cheaper to deploy it, than the old T-coil technology. However, that won’t happen quickly because people don’t turn over their hearing aids that fast. There will be people with old aids expecting T-coil for, well, at least 5 years more, but the new hearing aids with auracast support are phasing in even now.
So we should probably install it if we are remodeling (which is very much in-plan). It should be part of any remodel of a public space that includes a sound system.
I didn’t do much else the rest of the day. Practiced a little music. Watched another episode of a Stanford lecture series. Ate dinner in my room consisting of the leftover goulash I brought home from last night’s dinner.
Codgerville 